This edition of LITM Rock Picks brings to you atmospheric rock, gentle country rock tracks, and more. The list features The Cockney Cowboy, Empty Machines, Greg Hoy, and more.
The Cockney Cowboy - Until Then (Mama)
A song that will make you want to hold your mama closer, ‘Until Then (Mama)’ by The Cockney Cowboy is grief of losing a parent embodied in melodies. The instrumentation is heartfelt, warm, and achingly beautiful, as it leans towards a gentle country sound that feels like a warm cup of tea on a cold winter evening. Lyrically, the song comes from a place of reminiscence and sorrow that comes after losing one’s mother, and has the child reassuring the mother that they will be okay and that she can now rest. Keep your tissues handy, because this track will surely get your tears flowing.
Empty Machines - Vicious Vulture
Dark, enigmatic, and haunting, ‘Vicious Vulture’ by Empty Machines is the perfect emo, goth track that you did not think you needed, but will find your playlist improved because of it. The instrumentation thumping, pulsating drum patterns, haunting, eerie guitars that give stunning textures to the track, and atmospheric synths that give the song its world. The vocals are equally haunting and broody, and they will have a chill running down your spine. The intermingling of distinct textures give the song a chaotic, urgent sound that world greatly in favour of the vibe that the song aims to give off.
Greg Hoy - The Wheel
Built with that classic rock and roll energy of the yesteryears but with a modern polish all over it, ‘The Wheel’ by Greg Hoy seems like a wild, carefree song but underneath that melody the song holds profound questions. The song’s instrumentation features energetic acoustic guitar playing, a solid bassline, defining electric guitar riffs, and a grounding drum pattern giving the song its rhythm. All of these elements come together to create a truly memorable, energy driven track that will make you want to get up and get your life in order. Underneath all that energy, the song, lyrically, is about the sense of direction that sometimes leaves us and leaves us wandering.
Silent Zero - Maths of Life
Starting off with an atmospheric guitar riff, ‘Maths of Life’ by Silent Zero, right from the first note, feels like a song that gives words to our questions that surround the enigma that life’s ways are. The instrumentation captures the reflective and introspective tone of the song, and maintains an expansive, spacious, airy sound that does not close in on you, but instead allows you to venture into its world. The drum pattern employed in the track is really magnetic, and it maintains a dynamicity that does not let stagnancy take over the track. Put this song on while you are on your terrace, looking up at the sky – it will be an experience like no other.
Strange Divine - Buried Deep
Employing stunning restraint and thick tensions, 'Buried Deep’ by Strange Divine employs a controlled sound to capture the feeling of numbness and dreariness. The instrumentation strays from the conventions of employing a loud, cathartic sound to convey the emotions of suffocation and endless melancholy. It instead employs a really gentle, tense, restrained sound and perhaps this helps in conveying how such emotions don’t necessarily let us loosen ourselves and instead force us to keep ourselves in check, so that our emotions don’t fill others with concern. A different take on feelings of depression through the sound it employs, this song ought to be listened to – you might find a shoulder through it.
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